This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
NHTSA recall 01V037000/ manufacturer's recall 970: Consumer received recall, and called dealer for an appointment on Aug 28, 2001. Dealer stated parts had not come in yet, and should be arriving in about a week. Consumer stated it has been a month and no parts have yet arrived.
Consumer's vehicle was not covered under recall 01V037ooo due to VIN. Dealer denied repairs due to lack of parts. Dealer advised that parts were 8,000 in back order.
Consumer has a stick shift, and driving through traffic one day throttle wouldn't return. At that time there was no recall. Consumer purchased a new throttle and put it on. Consumer located recall 01V037000/ manufacturer's recall 97, )and contacted manufacturer. This vehicle was not included in recall due to VIN. Consumer states upon replacing the cable for the throttle, it was clearly evident that the cable was badly frayed and got caught on the rubber tube and caused an open stuck throttle.
Throttle cable stuck, causing throttle to remain open at about 1600 rpms, and making it very difficult to slow the engine. The replacement cable was a different design, indicating that Chrysler was aware of the problem with the original.
While driving under normal conditions engine experienced suuden surge in accleration. Frayed accelerator cable caused engine not to deccelerate after releasing gas pedal.
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- Quincy, WA, USA